The waiting line for BBM for iPhone and Android is no more

When BlackBerry Messenger for iPhone and Android debuted there was a waiting list to gain access, with some people waiting a few days before they could get in to the app. That's always a good way to mitigate against massive server loads, but not a great way to satisfy everyone who wants on now, now, now. Well, looks like the waiting list is a thing of the past, and millions of downloads later, the gates are wide open for anyone and everyone who wants in.

If you haven't tried BBM for iPhone or Android yet, or you have friends or family waiting to get in, it's go time! Get to BBMing, now!

If the BBM website is such a great roll out (by a SMALL company) is such a success,
why is the US Health Care website roll out (by a HUGE country) is such a failure?
Money thrown at a project does not mean instant triumph.

Convinced my wife, who has an S4, to download it yesterday. She has never owned a BlackBerry and she is loving it. She already has more contacts than me and I have a Z10 and have used BB's for 10 years LOL. I may even convince her to get the Z30 when it arrives in the US now.

there is a few things.. make sure this roll out is stable... listen to the ideas that have been presented here as far as what chris has stated , and get voice and video out there ... asap.. but prefrentially a strong release of voice and video with as little bugs as they can manage.
bbm will be quite large then.. especially with the advent of channels, in which i have shown a few people and they are waiting both ios and android.

It's true just tried downloading BBM for my niece I was gobsmacked I told her you'll have to wait a couple days they'll respond to you and you'll have to confirm it she uses an iphone 5s I use a blackberry Q10 and Z10! "A blackberry Fanatic "

Since the launch is so great...
Now BlackBerry team need to work hard & bring next update for ios & android ASAP...
I mean for voice & video call

We know many of us succeed attract their friend & people surrounding.
They did download it but people keeps on asking... what's the differences with whatsap...
And I'm happy to explain to my friend over & over again, but it seems like they keeps on went back to whatsap

The D&R sign, the powerful 'PING', the discreet BBpin, the customized picture & status, the broadcast message.... these are our pride... but they (ios & android) seems like not care much

So... let give them the 'ride' of BBM by bringing what whatsap don't have.

It did slow it down, but not as much as BlackBerry people claimed. In the US BBM lost its hold on users a couple years ago because people didn't have enough contacts anymore to hold them onto the BlackBerry platform. In developing countries where cheap BlackBerrys and cheap BlackBerry plans were also a draw, BBM probably was still keeping people on the platform, but even there it wash really enough anymore.

BBM is useful for me again because of it going cross platform. I have a Z10 but never once BBMed on it because I didn't know any other BlackBerry users anymore. Now that it is cross platform I'm actually able to use it!

The world would be a different place if they would have released this two years ago, but we've got to roll with what we've got. Let's just hope for the release of full functionality for the other platforms and then move on to the next mobile computing features that will help us "leapfrog the competition" rather than just catching up.

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While the waiting line may be gone, BBM doesn't seem to be available to everyone who wants it. After I talked a friend into downloading it on an android device today she recieved a message stating it was not available for that device.

Wow BBM was mentioned on Click on the BBC news this morning! However, they were using a Torch! Although, for once, the review was positive, they finished off by saying, "however, there is a queue as there are over a million people trying to download it"- unbelievable! I have emailed them, asking why they didn't use one of the new Blackberry 10 handsets and there is no longer a queue and they got their figures wrong.

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